36 CFR § 223.40 - Cancellation for environmental protection or inconsistency with plans.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t36/s223.40"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "36 CFR § 223.40 - Cancellation for environmental protection or inconsistency with plans."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "223.40"
section_name: "Cancellation for environmental protection or inconsistency with plans."
chapter_name: "FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "223"
part_name: "SALE AND DISPOSAL OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM TIMBER"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "90 Stat. 2958, 16 U.S.C. 472a; 98 Stat. 2213, 16 U.S.C. 618, 104 Stat. 714-726, 16 U.S.C. 620-620j, 25 U.S.C. 3055 and 3057, 113 Stat. 1501a, 16 U.S.C. 528 note; unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 28252, June 2, 1977, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 49 FR 2760, Jan. 23, 1984."
cfr_part: "223"
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# 223.40 Cancellation for environmental protection or inconsistency with plans.

Timber sale contracts, permits, and other such instruments, authorizing the harvesting of trees or other forest products, with terms of longer than 2 years, shall provide for cancellation in order to prevent serious environmental damage or when they are significantly inconsistent with land management plans adopted or revised in accordance with section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended. Such provision shall provide for reasonable compensation to the purchaser for unrecovered costs incurred under the contract and for the difference between the current contract value and the average value of comparable National Forest timber sold during the preceding 6-month period.